Broken Immortal City.
After the rain, the weather has cleared up, but it is autumn after all, and it naturally gets colder as the sky darkens and the night deepens.
When Bai Yin walked out of the Ziqiushi Pavilion, he felt a cool breeze blowing towards him.
He couldn't help but shrink his neck, but his eyes looked towards the direction of Lan River very naturally, because the wind carried some moisture from the river.
This made him feel very familiar.
I still remember the cool breeze on the cliff road, it also had this smell...
But it is different from the Lan River. Standing on the high cableway suspended in the air on Yashan Mountain, you can not only feel the breath of the river, but also hear its roar when it is rushing, which is much more ferocious and surging than the Lan River.
When he thought of this, a faint smile naturally appeared on Bai Yin's lips.
The wind blowing through the street lifted the corner of his snow-white robe, making the ink-rhythm landscape painted on it blurry. His left palm, which was missing a little finger, was still tucked into his sleeve, and one could vaguely see a jade slip hidden inside.
—This is all his “achievements” today.
After the battle at the Silver Tower, a female cultivator named Hongdie from Qu Zhengfeng's side actually invited Jianchou to Jiexing Villa, which actually surprised him a little.
But after all, Jianchou seemed to know this person, so Bai Yin didn't ask too much.
In addition, the matter had just been settled and something unusual had happened on the night ship, so for him, the most important thing at the moment was to communicate with Yashan and inquire about the latest situation.
Just in case, he did not use the most convenient wind and thunder signals to communicate with his master directly.
After all, although this method is convenient, if it is discovered by a powerful monk with ulterior motives, he is fully capable of intercepting and modifying the signals of wind, rain, thunder and lightning.
On such a special day as today, Bai Yin dared not take any risks.
With a light tap of the finger, the jade slip disappeared.
He looked at the street ahead, determined the direction, and walked straight through it. Along the way, he could still feel the unique atmosphere of the Tomorrow Star Sea. He could see the brilliant lights of the tall buildings on both sides, hear the sounds of people drinking and chatting inside, and hear people talking to each other...
"The night cruise ship really suffered a big setback this time."
"Yeah, tell me, even if I had a hundred guts, I wouldn't have thought that it would be like this today!"
"It's really fucking weird when you think about it. They probably would never have thought of this even if they died."
"He thought he was catching a small thug with no backing and bullying him at will, but who knew he actually stirred up a hornet's nest and attracted Yashan!"
"Alas, comparing yourself to others makes you angry..."
"This Senior Sister Yashan is also strange. Isn't her cultivation too high? Do you remember the rumors from before? The one about the Nine-Layered Heaven Monument..."
"It really opened my eyes. They were the evil monk Shan Xing and the evil woman Liang Tingyu, and they couldn't beat her."
"If you ask me, isn't that the scariest one?"
"Shh..."
"I dare not say it, you are going to die!"
…
Although the incident has passed, the aftermath has not yet subsided.
Most of the people who come out to drink in the middle of the night have nothing to do, and they can't help but comment on what happened the day before.
The unexpectedly stunning performance of Senior Sister Jianchou from Yashan on that day had quickly spread throughout the star sea and undoubtedly attracted huge attention.
Although she had a great reputation in the past, she was in the Central Region, which was relatively secluded, and most people in Tomorrow Star Sea did not know about her.
But now…
"The sword of Jiazi is famous all over the world..."
At the top of the building, the Qinglian wine cup was gently put down. Wang Que, who was dressed in a dark green robe, listened to the voices coming from far and near, and finally couldn't help but say something.
People say that it takes ten years to sharpen a sword.
This senior sister from Yashan suddenly appeared after disappearing for sixty years and became famous all over the world. Whether it was her own cultivation, her demeanor, or even her wisdom that only revealed the tip of the iceberg...
Everything gave him a strange feeling.
Maybe it's a match made in heaven
This feeling of unrest hasn't happened for a long, long time.
Even when the master brought back the peerless genius, Junior Brother Xie, he never felt…
Wang Quexiu's sword is the "Hermit Sword", which follows the path of "indifference" and "detachment from the world". What he hates most are jealousy, bellicosity, and fighting for victory.
But now...
"Yashan, see sorrow."
He sighed softly, stood up silently from his seat, and walked down the stairs at the side. But after taking only two steps, his footsteps suddenly stopped.
Bai Yin also stopped walking on the street.
He looked up at Wang Que who was still standing on the stairs, and felt quite strange. When the price was being offered at the Silver House, he saw Wang Que. At that time, when Zuo Liu was in danger, the other party seemed to want to help, but was rejected by Senior Sister Jianchou.
As a disciple of Fudaoshanren, he naturally knew Wang Que's identity.
However, he was not sure what the other party's purpose was when he appeared in the Silver Tower. In other words, the turbulent relationship between Yashan and Kunwu now made it impossible for Bai Yin to look at a Kunwu disciple with complete kindness.
Across a distance of five meters, neither too far nor too close, the two looked at each other silently.
In the end, Wang smiled faintly but did not say anything. He just stood on the stairs, nodded and bowed to Bai Yin in a friendly and distant manner.
Bai Yin also bowed and saluted.
Neither of them spoke.
One of them came down the stairs and walked along the street towards the southeast towards the Tiandi Nilu Inn where he was staying; the other one took a step forward and still followed the original path, passed the prosperous area, and then turned into a ray of black and white light, disappeared into the clouds, and soon landed in the Jiexing Villa.
It was now late at night.
In the sky that was always covered with thick haze, there was still not a single bright star to be found. In the mountain villa, the pavilions and towers were scattered, and it had fallen into the silence of the night.
There was no light in Jianchou's house, and there was an impenetrable darkness.
She no longer remembered how she walked back from the yard.
On the three-foot-long table, the dark gold leaf book brought by Fu Chaosheng lay quietly. The five somewhat old seal characters on the back appeared so clear even in the dark.
"I am not a loyal follower of this path..."
A minister is one who submits and submits.
The disloyal...
The white mark on the knuckles of her fingers pressed against the edge of the eucalyptus became a little heavier. She had to close her eyes to calm herself down a little.
For ordinary people, the word "disloyal" is nothing special.
But for her who knew Xie Buchen, these two words could easily touch her deepest feelings and cause a series of possibly unrelated speculations.
What a thrilling feeling that is
It was as if his entire body was being cut in half by the knife hanging above his head!
Chills the soul!
Jianchou remembered so many things.
From the lonely island on earth to the Nineteen Continents, from the hidden world of Qingfeng Temple to the city of the dead in the extreme domain, the chaotic thoughts are like tangled silk threads, intricate and complicated...
The five words on the back of this leaf book actually have a very clear meaning:
I don't want to be a subject of this path.
But Jianchou was able to see the source of the handwriting.
It is the first of the nine types of handwriting of the owner of the old house in Jiyu - or it can be said to be the handwriting of nine generations - that is, the handwriting of the first generation.
All the details just matched up.
The owner of the old house was extremely talented and planned carefully. He even took the Eighth King of Hell into account and concealed the truth from the world, living as a human for nine lifetimes!
From the few words he left behind, Jianchou could clearly feel his doubts about the theory of reincarnation.
Fu Chaosheng said that this leaf book was found in the reincarnation book in the Palace of the Chakravartin King. The Chakravartin King is in charge of the last link of the cycle of reincarnation - reincarnation!
Therefore, it is self-evident what "this way" refers to.
This person is unwilling to submit to the path of "reincarnation"!
only…
When she came to this conclusion, what emerged in Jianchou's mind was the experience that Xie Buchen had told her about the battle on the Buddha's Head in the hidden world of Qingfeng Temple sixty years ago.
"Pigs and sheep sit on the kang, relatives are cooked in the pot..."
Although he did not explain it clearly, she could guess that when Master Hengxu accepted him as his disciple, he must have shown him the matter of reincarnation.
"Is it a coincidence, or is there a connection between them?"
Jianchou remembered the incense stick that he was supposed to light but was mysteriously interrupted, the words that appeared outside the window for no reason, and the half word that was left at the end.
"Kill Xie Buchen and cut off seven points of his soul!"
"Bah..."
There is really one mystery that has not been solved, and now there is another one.
Why did that mysterious existence remind me to kill Xie Buchen? What is the Seventh Soul? And what is that sentence with only half of the word "卩" left? What is it...
“Tap, tap, tap.”
His fingers tapped lightly on the table, making a regular and subtle sound. Jianchou wondered if he was too suspicious and too sensitive. At the same time, he was sorting out the tangled threads in his mind, hoping to find a breakthrough.
But a sudden breath of air descending from outside interrupted her.
The one who came was Bai Yin.
He did not hide his breath when he fell, so Jianchou could easily sense it when he entered the range of her external spiritual awareness.
He raised his hand and brushed the eucalyptus on the table, and the torn leaf of the book disappeared.
"Big sister, it's me."
Bai Yin has already arrived outside the door.
When Jianchou got up and opened the door, she saw his smiling face and stepped aside to make way for him: "Come in, I've been waiting for you for a whole day. I'm afraid I've found out a lot of useful information."
“It’s all here.”
Bai Yin entered and sat opposite Jianchou on both sides of the table. He took out the jade slip and pushed it towards Jianchou.
"Big sister, you didn't go out, so you don't know the storm outside. This time, the Tomorrow Star Sea has attracted the attention of the entire Nineteen Continents."
"oh?"
The entire 19 continents
The perception of powerful monks is very terrifying and sharp, but Jianchou originally thought that the battle between Fu Chaosheng and the strange existence on the night ship, although loud, would not cause such a big shock.
She frowned slightly, then calmed her mind and began to check the jade slip.
Zuo Liu's affairs naturally attracted much discussion among people in Xinghai.
As a person who had participated in the fierce fight that day and had attracted a lot of attention, Jianchou himself naturally attracted a lot of attention, but compared with the breaking news that the Yehang ship was completely wiped out, it was nothing.
Everyone knew that Qu Zhengfeng had issued a kill order that day.
The bloody massacre that followed also confirmed to everyone the horror and truth of the various rumors concerning this new Sword Emperor.
He said not to leave a single one, and he really meant to leave no one!
From the Silver Tower to the Night Boat’s lair, to the Night Boat’s secret agents and monks scattered around, and even to the black boats anchored on the Lan River…
No one is spared!
From the outside to the inside, the entire night boat has been uprooted!
How many years has it been since the silent master appeared in the past? Such a bloody scene of killing has not occurred for many years.
It can even be said that even the once notorious Master Buyu was not as cruel as him.
Because, Master Buyu killed people mostly for personal revenge. Even if he killed someone once, most of the time it would not exceed two hands.
But although Qu Zhengfeng did not do it himself, he had many people under his command working for him. With just a word, thousands of cultivators were scared to death!
Even though the Night Ship was guilty of serious crimes, its brutal and bloody killings had already made the entire starry sea tremble.
The "Sword Emperor" who could originally chat quietly had become silent in the blink of an eye.
Just mentioning it makes me gasp.
"People outside say that Da... He probably did this because of the incident at Yashan. Some people also say that he did it to avenge Yashan..."
Bai Yin guessed that Jianchou had already seen this, so he spoke after careful consideration.
Jianchou slowly raised his eyes and looked at him.
She had met Bai Yin several times before, and they had saved Zuo Liu together in the Silver Tower. They were also from the same sect, so even though they were not very familiar with each other, she did not feel as unfamiliar as when they first met.
However, she didn't know Bai Yin well enough.
Qu Zhengfeng has been a disciple for the longest time and was once their senior fellow apprentice.
It is said that Bai Yin has been practicing Taoism for about five hundred years, and he should be very familiar with Qu Zhengfeng.
"What do you think, Junior Brother Bai Yin?"
She didn't express her own opinion, but only asked Bai Yin.
Bai Yin was silent for a moment, then he lowered his head and sighed, "In the past, he would have punished this sinister person for Yashan, but his methods would not have been so cruel. But now, he is no longer a disciple of Yashan..."
There was a hint of sadness in this voice that was hard to detect.
Jianchou could hear it, but couldn't say anything, because she felt the same sadness in her heart, but couldn't express it out loud.
"No matter what his purpose is, he has achieved his goal. Killing a chicken to scare the monkeys and shaking the mountain to shock the tigers. From now on, who in the Tomorrow Star Sea dares to challenge the authority of the Sword Emperor?"
Bai Yin was speechless.
Jianchou did not say anything else, but read on according to the contents of the jade slip: "The battle on the night ship..."
The tip of her eyebrow suddenly raised, even though Bai Yin had said "it attracted the attention of the entire Nineteen Continents" before, she really didn't expect that it would attract such a big attention!
Tomorrow's Star Sea is located in the central region, which is within the range of three thousand on the right.
As soon as the incident happened, it was sensed by all the powerful people. Small sects did not react, but the sects with deep roots were guarded by old monsters and powerful people, and there were channels for passing information between each other. Various wind and thunder signals and communication spirit beads almost immediately shuttled across the sky of the entire 19 continents.
Yashan, Kunwu, Wangjiang Tower, Wanghai Tower, Zen Sect, Yin Sect, Yang Sect, and even some branches of the Southwestern families that have friendships with various sects...
Everyone is paying attention!
Lei Xin, the chief master of Kunwu, Hengxu Zhenren, arrived at Yashan as soon as possible.
However, Fudaoshan was still in seclusion and had not come out, so the head of the sect, Zheng Yao, had to come forward and discuss the matter with Hengxu.
"Master Hengxu said that one of the two warring parties had a similar aura to the one he had sensed in the past, and he guessed that it was a demon causing trouble. But even they didn't know what the two were specifically..."
Bai Yin recalled that when he received the news, he did not dare to believe it.
But this point was within Jianchou's expectations.
If Master Hengxu could clearly sense Fu Chaosheng's existence, the other party would not have been so free to travel around and dared to come to Jiexing Villa to find him.
Logically speaking, Fu Chaosheng is indeed a demon, and Jianchou should inform the Central Region of this.
but…
Fu Chaosheng is a demon, but aren’t Hengxu and Kunwu also evil
With a mocking smile in his eyes, Jianchou pressed the jade slip as if nothing had happened and asked, "So, the sect should have known that I'm fine. Junior Brother Baiyin, you should also go back to Yashan next, right?"
"I know everything, but there are quite a few guys talking about you, Senior Sister."
Bai Yin naturally remembered the annoying way the head master kept talking about Jianchou when he tried to contact his master through the communication array today, and he started to laugh secretly.
"If the matter here is over, I think it would be better for me to go back as soon as possible."
Several guys.
Without Bai Yinming saying it, Jianchou knew who he was referring to, especially since his fourth junior brother Chen Jiu was so noisy that he seemed to be almost in front of him.
only…
"It is indeed better to go back earlier, but I still have something to do and a wish to fulfill."
"One thing, one wish?" Bai Yin was stunned.
Jianchou slowly narrowed his eyes, looked out the half-open window, in the dim night, and recalled the scene when he met Wang Que in the Tiandi Nilu Inn that day.
"Brother Bai, have you heard about Kunwu Xie Buchen's current situation during your investigation this time?"
“… No.”
For some reason, Bai Yin felt a sense of fear when he saw Jianchou like this.
"It seems that outsiders don't know about it, but that's okay."
Outsiders didn't know, so she might as well ask the people of Kunwu. A smile appeared on her lips, but Jianchou's eyes flickered with a faint light in the darkness.
"That day in the Silver Tower, Wang Queyou also came to the rescue. What is the news about this person?"
"Wang Que?"
Bai Yin was still confused, but when Wang Que was mentioned, he happened to know.
"When I came back just now, I met Wang Que in the Huanzi Road. He was walking towards the southwest of Shattered Immortal City. Is there something that Senior Sister wants to talk to him about?"
"He helped me with a sword in the Night Ship dungeon, and he also wanted to help me in the Silver Building. No matter what, he helped."
Jianchou's tone was indifferent, and his warm fingertips pressed silently on the cold table.
"Tomorrow morning, please ask Junior Brother Bai to take Zuo Liu back to Yashan first. I will go find Daoist Brother Wang Que first to express my gratitude."
Say thank you...
If he really wanted to thank her, wouldn't it be enough to just send a thunder letter to Kunwu? It wasn't like he didn't have a mark on his body that went to Kunwu.
Bai Yin is not stupid, and he also knows that Jianchou is not stupid either, so it is impossible for him not to think of this.
So, he thought about it for a moment, his eyes penetrated the darkness, and scanned the calm face of this senior sister whom he was not very familiar with, and finally nodded.
"Then I will take the others away tomorrow. Please take care of everything, Senior Sister."
"rest assured."
Jianchou knows what's going on.
After the two of them finished talking, she sent Bai Yin out. When she returned to the room and walked to the table, she suddenly laughed.
With a flip of her wrist, the Human Emperor Sword, which had been hidden in her Qiankun bag for a long time, quietly appeared.
In such darkness without any light, the black scabbard with the map of mountains and rivers imprinted on it seemed to have merged with the darkness.
As long as the sword is not drawn, no one knows what kind of breathtaking light and shadow is hidden under the scabbard.
The Human Emperor Sword, thank you for being loyal.
She still remembered the first time she set foot on the land of Nineteen Continents after she was reborn. When she looked up, she saw his name hanging high on the Nine-Layered Heaven Monument in West Sea Square, while she was still unknown.
Today, his name is no longer on the Nine Heavens Monument.
"The king..."
Jianchou turned the Human Emperor Sword in his hand, looked at the ancient marks on it, pondered the reincarnation of Xie Buchen and the reincarnation of the owner of the old house, but deep in his heart, a raging flame was rekindled.
"The fourth heaven monument, number one."
It's time to meet this Hermit Sword.